Showing posts with label Hindutva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hindutva. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

INDIA: Silence Over Suffering Is Deafening

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We often read stories of India's economic miracle, its IT revolution and its Bollywood culture. We're keen to do business with Ind...
Saturday, November 22, 2014

CRIKEY: Think you know the world’s terrorism hotspots? Think again

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India does not spring to mind as a global terrorism hotspot, but lawyer and commentator Irfan Yusuf finds there’s much we don’t know abo...
Friday, October 01, 2010

CRIKEY: Stuff the dirty dunnies, it’s the religious violence that could halt Delhi

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Yes, many Indians are very embarrassed over the poor state of the dunnies at the athletes’ village in New Delhi. They’ve openly been writi...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

SPORT: All-Indian Superstars

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Irfan Yusuf watches his cricketing namesakes hit sectarian politics out of the park in Gujurat ... Humility is one of my strengths. Indeed, ...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008

OPINION: Mumbai's melting pot gives way to forces of intolerance ...

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On a small islet off the coast of Mumbai lies a whitewashed monument that attracts tourists and locals. Here, the patron saint of Mumbai i...
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Friday, November 28, 2008

INDIA/CRIKEY: Many layers of homegrown terror ...

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ANU sociologist Shakira Hussein makes these perceptive observations in Crikey today: India has been wrestling with the issue of ...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

UPDATE: More of my tendentious writing ...

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A certain tabloid columnist recently described my writing as tendentious . According to the AskOxford website , the word "tendentious...
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Saturday, August 16, 2008

REVIEW: Defence of pluralism in a rupturing world

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The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence and India's Future By Martha C. Nussbaum Harvard University Press, 432pp, $50.95 MARTH...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

COMMENT: Discovering paternal prejudice ...

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Last spring, I started a spring clean of my office. That was 2007. It’s now winter 2008, and I’m still at it. I’ve just pulled out an essay...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

BOOKS: David Davidar on religion, state and fundamentalism

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The following are some notes I took during a session at the Sydney Writers’ Festival with David Davidar, author of the novel The Solitude ...